From coffee and baked beans to beer and cement, 25 businesses across the UK are sharing nearly £52 million in government grants to slash carbon emissions.
The money from the government’s Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), supports the development and deployment, of technologies to cut emissions for high energy users.
Nestlé’s coffee processing site in Staffordshire, Heinz’s baked bean factory in Wigan and a craft beer company in Cornwall are among the beneficiaries.
Heinz is investing nearly £5 million alongside a £2.5 million grant to install heat pumps that recycle waste heat, cutting emissions and bills while improving energy efficiency at its Wigan site.
Hanson Cement in North Wales is receiving £5.6 million for a major carbon capture and storage project, which will capture 800,000 tonnes of CO2 annually – the equivalent of removing 320,000 cars from the road. This project will create hundreds of construction jobs and help cement the UK’s industrial future.
Other recipients include dairy farms and food processors, all adopting technologies such as heat pumps and carbon capture to cut costs and emissions.
Industry is covering two-thirds of the £154 million project costs, driving innovation, job creation and local economic growth.
The money follows contracts for the UK’s first carbon capture project in Teesside and highlights the government’s commitment to decarbonising industry.
